Employees in degree-granting institutions, by employment status, sex, control and type of institution, and primary occupation: Fall 2005

Control and type of institution and primary occupation

Full-time and part-time

Full-time

Part-time

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Number

Percentage distribution

Number

Percent of all employees

Number

Percent of all employees

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

All institutions

3,379,087

100.0

1,581,498

1,797,589

53.2

2,179,864

64.5

1,006,846

1,173,018

1,199,223

574,652

624,571

Professional staff

2,459,885

72.8

1,240,030

1,219,855

49.6

1,432,107

58.2

725,798

706,309

1,027,778

514,232

513,546

Executive/administrative/managerial

196,324

5.8

95,223

101,101

51.5

190,078

96.8

92,854

97,224

6,246

2,369

3,877

Faculty (instruction and research)

1,290,426

38.2

714,453

575,973

44.6

675,624

52.4

401,507

274,117

614,802

312,946

301,856

Instruction and research assistants

317,141

9.4

167,529

149,612

47.2

†

†

†

†

317,141

167,529

149,612

Other professional

655,994

19.4

262,825

393,169

59.9

566,405

86.3

231,437

334,968

89,589

31,388

58,201

Nonprofessional staff

919,202

27.2

341,468

577,734

62.9

747,757

81.3

281,048

466,709

171,445

60,420

111,025

Technical and paraprofessionals

193,505

5.7

79,747

113,758

58.8

154,577

79.9

64,828

89,749

38,928

14,919

24,009

Clerical and secretarial

439,546

13.0

63,531

376,015

85.5

346,714

78.9

40,344

306,370

92,832

23,187

69,645

Skilled crafts

61,366

1.8

57,407

3,959

6.5

58,859

95.9

55,762

3,097

2,507

1,645

862

Service and maintenance

224,785

6.7

140,783

84,002

37.4

187,607

83.5

120,114

67,493

37,178

20,669

16,509

Public 4-year

1,656,709

100.0

789,988

866,721

52.3

1,133,735

68.4

539,391

594,344

522,974

250,597

272,377

Professional staff

1,200,168

72.4

614,380

585,788

48.8

745,279

62.1

388,008

357,271

454,889

226,372

228,517

Executive/administrative/managerial

74,241

4.5

38,451

35,790

48.2

72,102

97.1

37,547

34,555

2,139

904

1,235

Faculty (instruction and research)

486,691

29.4

284,565

202,126

41.5

339,058

69.7

210,163

128,895

147,633

74,402

73,231

Instruction and research assistants

257,578

15.5

135,267

122,311

47.5

†

†

†

†

257,578

135,267

122,311

Other professional

381,658

23.0

156,097

225,561

59.1

334,119

87.5

140,298

193,821

47,539

15,799

31,740

Nonprofessional staff

456,541

27.6

175,608

280,933

61.5

388,456

85.1

151,383

237,073

68,085

24,225

43,860

Technical and paraprofessionals

98,957

6.0

41,157

57,800

58.4

82,751

83.6

35,032

47,719

16,206

6,125

10,081

Clerical and secretarial

201,503

12.2

27,514

173,989

86.3

165,637

82.2

17,795

147,842

35,866

9,719

26,147

Skilled crafts

40,462

2.4

38,112

2,350

5.8

39,286

97.1

37,354

1,932

1,176

758

418

Service and maintenance

115,619

7.0

68,825

46,794

40.5

100,782

87.2

61,202

39,580

14,837

7,623

7,214

Public 2-year

610,978

100.0

263,995

346,983

56.8

295,629

48.4

121,465

174,164

315,349

142,530

172,819

Professional staff

440,536

72.1

203,641

236,895

53.8

182,149

41.3

81,415

100,734

258,387

122,226

136,161

Executive/administrative/managerial

26,770

4.4

12,646

14,124

52.8

25,804

96.4

12,224

13,580

966

422

544

Faculty (instruction and research)

354,497

58.0

169,715

184,782

52.1

111,538

31.5

53,213

58,325

242,959

116,502

126,457

Instruction and research assistants

374

0.1

202

172

46.0

†

†

†

†

374

202

172

Other professional

58,895

9.6

21,078

37,817

64.2

44,807

76.1

15,978

28,829

14,088

5,100

8,988

Nonprofessional staff

170,442

27.9

60,354

110,088

64.6

113,480

66.6

40,050

73,430

56,962

20,304

36,658

Technical and paraprofessionals

42,656

7.0

16,835

25,821

60.5

28,052

65.8

11,061

16,991

14,604

5,774

8,830

Clerical and secretarial

86,649

14.2

13,192

73,457

84.8

53,970

62.3

4,665

49,305

32,679

8,527

24,152

Skilled crafts

5,836

1.0

5,167

669

11.5

5,180

88.8

4,725

455

656

442

214

Service and maintenance

35,301

5.8

25,160

10,141

28.7

26,278

74.4

19,599

6,679

9,023

5,561

3,462

Private 4-year1

1,073,764

100.0

512,064

561,700

52.3

724,586

67.5

335,447

389,139

349,178

176,617

172,561

Professional staff

789,179

73.5

409,036

380,143

48.2

484,835

61.4

247,748

237,087

304,344

161,288

143,056

Executive/administrative/managerial

90,415

8.4

42,120

48,295

53.4

87,365

96.6

41,108

46,257

3,050

1,012

2,038

Faculty (instruction and research)

430,305

40.1

251,149

179,156

41.6

215,385

50.1

133,163

82,222

214,920

117,986

96,934

Instruction and research assistants

59,147

5.5

32,027

27,120

45.9

†

†

†

†

59,147

32,027

27,120

Other professional

209,312

19.5

83,740

125,572

60.0

182,085

87.0

73,477

108,608

27,227

10,263

16,964

Nonprofessional staff

284,585

26.5

103,028

181,557

63.8

239,751

84.2

87,699

152,052

44,834

15,329

29,505

Technical and paraprofessionals

50,896

4.7

21,318

29,578

58.1

43,004

84.5

18,369

24,635

7,892

2,949

4,943

Clerical and secretarial

146,284

13.6

21,823

124,461

85.1

122,866

84.0

17,079

105,787

23,418

4,744

18,674

Skilled crafts

14,950

1.4

14,057

893

6.0

14,298

95.6

13,626

672

652

431

221

Service and maintenance

72,455

6.7

45,830

26,625

36.7

59,583

82.2

38,625

20,958

12,872

7,205

5,667

Private not-for-profit 4-year

964,068

100.0

453,267

510,801

53.0

679,742

70.5

314,760

364,982

284,326

138,507

145,819

Professional staff

694,362

72.0

355,980

338,382

48.7

453,056

65.2

232,055

221,001

241,306

123,925

117,381

Executive/administrative/managerial

84,270

8.7

39,097

45,173

53.6

81,279

96.5

38,102

43,177

2,991

995

1,996

Faculty (instruction and research)

357,913

37.1

207,770

150,143

41.9

205,046

57.3

126,730

78,316

152,867

81,040

71,827

Instruction and research assistants

59,054

6.1

31,984

27,070

45.8

†

†

†

†

59,054

31,984

27,070

Other professional

193,125

20.0

77,129

115,996

60.1

166,731

86.3

67,223

99,508

26,394

9,906

16,488

Nonprofessional staff

269,706

28.0

97,287

172,419

63.9

226,686

84.0

82,705

143,981

43,020

14,582

28,438

Technical and paraprofessionals

48,290

5.0

19,771

28,519

59.1

40,831

84.6

17,059

23,772

7,459

2,712

4,747

Clerical and secretarial

135,317

14.0

18,642

116,675

86.2

112,913

83.4

14,148

98,765

22,404

4,494

17,910

Skilled crafts

14,892

1.5

14,008

884

5.9

14,257

95.7

13,589

668

635

419

216

Service and maintenance

71,207

7.4

44,866

26,341

37.0

58,685

82.4

37,909

20,776

12,522

6,957

5,565

Private for-profit 4-year

109,696

100.0

58,797

50,899

46.4

44,844

40.9

20,687

24,157

64,852

38,110

26,742

Professional staff

94,817

86.4

53,056

41,761

44.0

31,779

33.5

15,693

16,086

63,038

37,363

25,675

Executive/administrative/managerial

6,145

5.6

3,023

3,122

50.8

6,086

99.0

3,006

3,080

59

17

42

Faculty (instruction and research)

72,392

66.0

43,379

29,013

40.1

10,339

14.3

6,433

3,906

62,053

36,946

25,107

Instruction and research assistants

93

0.1

43

50

53.8

†

†

†

†

93

43

50

Other professional

16,187

14.8

6,611

9,576

59.2

15,354

94.9

6,254

9,100

833

357

476

Nonprofessional staff

14,879

13.6

5,741

9,138

61.4

13,065

87.8

4,994

8,071

1,814

747

1,067

Technical and paraprofessionals

2,606

2.4

1,547

1,059

40.6

2,173

83.4

1,310

863

433

237

196

Clerical and secretarial

10,967

10.0

3,181

7,786

71.0

9,953

90.8

2,931

7,022

1,014

250

764

Skilled crafts

58

0.1

49

9

15.5

41

70.7

37

4

17

12

5

Service and maintenance

1,248

1.1

964

284

22.8

898

72.0

716

182

350

248

102

Private 2-year1

37,636

100.0

15,451

22,185

58.9

25,914

68.9

10,543

15,371

11,722

4,908

6,814

Professional staff

30,002

79.7

12,973

17,029

56.8

19,844

66.1

8,627

11,217

10,158

4,346

5,812

Executive/administrative/managerial

4,898

13.0

2,006

2,892

59.0

4,807

98.1

1,975

2,832

91

31

60

Faculty (instruction and research)

18,933

50.3

9,024

9,909

52.3

9,643

50.9

4,968

4,675

9,290

4,056

5,234

Instruction and research assistants

42

0.1

33

9

21.4

†

†

†

†

42

33

9

Other professional

6,129

16.3

1,910

4,219

68.8

5,394

88.0

1,684

3,710

735

226

509

Nonprofessional staff

7,634

20.3

2,478

5,156

67.5

6,070

79.5

1,916

4,154

1,564

562

1,002

Technical and paraprofessionals

996

2.6

437

559

56.1

770

77.3

366

404

226

71

155

Clerical and secretarial

5,110

13.6

1,002

4,108

80.4

4,241

83.0

805

3,436

869

197

672

Skilled crafts

118

0.3

71

47

39.8

95

80.5

57

38

23

14

9

Service and maintenance

1,410

3.7

968

442

31.3

964

68.4

688

276

446

280

166

Private not-for-profit 2-year

7,357

100.0

2,909

4,448

60.5

4,930

67.0

1,956

2,974

2,427

953

1,474

Professional staff

5,840

79.4

2,396

3,444

59.0

3,764

64.5

1,578

2,186

2,076

818

1,258

Executive/administrative/managerial

855

11.6

374

481

56.3

837

97.9

365

472

18

9

9

Faculty (instruction and research)

3,610

49.1

1,525

2,085

57.8

1,763

48.8

790

973

1,847

735

1,112

Instruction and research assistants

7

0.1

7

0

0.0

†

†

†

†

7

7

0

Other professional

1,368

18.6

490

878

64.2

1,164

85.1

423

741

204

67

137

Nonprofessional staff

1,517

20.6

513

1,004

66.2

1,166

76.9

378

788

351

135

216

Technical and paraprofessionals

171

2.3

80

91

53.2

137

80.1

61

76

34

19

15

Clerical and secretarial

732

9.9

42

690

94.3

572

78.1

23

549

160

19

141

Skilled crafts

71

1.0

48

23

32.4

59

83.1

44

15

12

4

8

Service and maintenance

543

7.4

343

200

36.8

398

73.3

250

148

145

93

52

Private for-profit 2-year

30,279

100.0

12,542

17,737

58.6

20,984

69.3

8,587

12,397

9,295

3,955

5,340

Professional staff

24,162

79.8

10,577

13,585

56.2

16,080

66.6

7,049

9,031

8,082

3,528

4,554

Executive/administrative/managerial

4,043

13.4

1,632

2,411

59.6

3,970

98.2

1,610

2,360

73

22

51

Faculty (instruction and research)

15,323

50.6

7,499

7,824

51.1

7,880

51.4

4,178

3,702

7,443

3,321

4,122

Instruction and research assistants

35

0.1

26

9

25.7

†

†

†

†

35

26

9

Other professional

4,761

15.7

1,420

3,341

70.2

4,230

88.8

1,261

2,969

531

159

372

Nonprofessional staff

6,117

20.2

1,965

4,152

67.9

4,904

80.2

1,538

3,366

1,213

427

786

Technical and paraprofessionals

825

2.7

357

468

56.7

633

76.7

305

328

192

52

140

Clerical and secretarial

4,378

14.5

960

3,418

78.1

3,669

83.8

782

2,887

709

178

531

Skilled crafts

47

0.2

23

24

51.1

36

76.6

13

23

11

10

1

Service and maintenance

867

2.9

625

242

27.9

566

65.3

438

128

301

187

114

† Not applicable.1Includes not-for-profit and for-profit private institutions.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The survey did not permit respondents to report instruction and research assistants as full-time staff. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2005 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2005-06. (This table was prepared August 2006.)